{"id":835515,"date":"2026-07-31T11:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835515\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:33:12","slug":"nrl-news-2026-st-george-illawarra-dragons-v-the-dolphins-result-video-tom-flegler-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835515\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026 | St George Illawarra Dragons v The Dolphins result, video, Tom Flegler try"},"content":{"rendered":"

A resilient comeback attempt by the Dragons<\/a> was contentiously put to an end as an error by Isaiya Katoa<\/a> opened the door for the Dolphins<\/a> to seal a 28-22 victory. <\/p>\n

The Dragons trailed by six points with 10 minutes to go and looked to be on track to find the tryline when Katoa got his hand to a pass by Valentine Holmes<\/a> and collected the loose ball just centimetres from the sideline.<\/p>\n

\"Isaiya<\/p>\n

Isaiya Katoa gets his hand to a Valentine Holmes pass.\u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

The home side was moving to quickly to turn and stop Katoa from collecting the ball, however, the players – and the fans – expected a knock on call would be made. <\/p>\n

Katoa, himself, looked to have thought he may have tapped the ball forward before gaining possession, but the referee ruled it had been knocked backwards. <\/p>\n

The star Dolphins halfback then jumped to his feet and raced down the field to set up the foundations for his team\u2019s next try, but Dragons fans were filthy. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at it, he probably has touched the ball and it has travelled backwards towards his own tryline,\u201d Luke Keary said on Fox League, watching a replay.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven Katoa thought he had pushed that forward. The locals here, you wouldn\u2019t know they are coming last, they are absolutely losing their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katoa\u2019s \u201chand of god\u201d moment ultimately proved the difference on the scoreboard, with Tom Flegler crashing over to put the Dolphins ahead by 12 points. <\/p>\n

Hamish Stewart found the tryline for the Dragons with two minutes left in the game, hoping to force a golden point thriller, but the Dolphins held on. <\/p>\n

To add to the woes of suffering their third straight defeat, Setu Tu will have a nervous wait with the match review committee after he was placed on report for dangerous contact on Selwyn Cobbo. <\/p>\n

Cobbo had lept into the air to collect a high ball when his legs were collected by an incoming Tu, twisting his body to land in an awkward and dangerous position. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat was dangerous there from Setu Tu,\u201d Keary said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you have a duty of care as a defender not to take the legs out. It definitely wasn\u2019t intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dolphins had just scored a try via Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow before Tu\u2019s act.<\/p>\n

\"Sloan<\/p>\n

Sloan scores a try for the Dragons\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

The winger then made up for his actions by scoring a try to inspire his team. Tyrell Sloan was the only other try scorer for the Red V in the first half, while Cobbo and Ray Stone darted over for the Dolphins. <\/p>\n

Cobbo went over for his second in the 53rd minute to open the scoring for the second half, before Clint Gutherson narrowed the scores again in the 61st. <\/p>\n

Despite showing fierce signs a comeback win could be on the cards, the Dragons eventually fell to a 28-22 defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A resilient comeback attempt by the Dragons was contentiously put to an end as an error by Isaiya…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-835515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}